NXP recently reached a major milestone for its ICODE product line for RFID tagging and labeling, successfully shipping over its billionth ICODE chip.
As one of the most popular RFID chips on the market, NXP's ICODE interface platform has become the first choice for high frequency (HF) smart tag and label solutions. As a result, the technology is regularly used around the world in more than 3,000 libraries to keep track of books and other library media. ICODE-powered tags and labels also effectively identify patients, track medical devices and tag blood samples within hospitals, and support the tracking and tracing of components within factory automation environments.
To continue the success of the ICODE family, NXP has now launched the ICODE SLIx platform, which is pushing beyond existing limits of RF performance and offering enhanced flexibility and 100 percent backward compatibility with existing solutions.
With the launch of the ICODE SLIx, NXP has introduced various new features unique to the market for HF tags and labels. ICODE SLIx provides up to 20 percent higher read range than existing ICODE SLI products. All different chip configurations are also available in high capacitance versions for smaller label designs. ICODE SLIx provides a unique set of value-added custom commands including 32-bit password capability for Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) and for the standardized Application Family Identifier (AFI). These two functionalities are broadly used in library installations to efficiently protect library media from intentional change and theft.
The ICODE SLIx has been designed to be fully backward compatible with existing SLI commands and is therefore usable in all existing ICODE SLI installations.
Key features of the ICODE SLIx include:
- Market-leading RF performance
- 32-bit password protection for unique features such as Application Family Identifier (AFI) and Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS)
- Fully backward compatible to existing solutions
- Single antenna design for different product configurations
- High reliability of communication
For more about NXP's ICODE portfolio, please see our listing of product literature for RFID.
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